H&R Block Valuation

Is HRB undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of HRB when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: HRB ($60.35) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($104.75)

Significantly Below Fair Value: HRB is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for HRB?

Key metric: As HRB is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for HRB. This is calculated by dividing HRB's market cap by their current earnings.
What is HRB's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio14.1x
EarningsUS$586.97m
Market CapUS$8.23b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does HRB's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for HRB vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average28.5x
SCI Service Corporation International
24.6x7.7%US$12.2b
FTDR Frontdoor
17.6x3.0%US$4.2b
MCW Mister Car Wash
34x22.7%US$2.6b
OSW OneSpaWorld Holdings
38x19.1%US$1.9b
HRB H&R Block
14.1x5.0%US$8.2b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: HRB is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (14.1x) compared to the peer average (28.5x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does HRB's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Consumer Services Industry?

6 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
QSG QuantaSing Group
2.7x-21.4%US$143.12m
STG Sunlands Technology Group
1.4xn/aUS$91.73m
REDU RISE Education Cayman
1xn/aUS$40.41m
RGS Regis
0.5xn/aUS$39.58m
HRB 14.1xIndustry Avg. 18.7xNo. of Companies6PE01632486480+
6 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: HRB is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (14.1x) compared to the US Consumer Services industry average (18.7x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is HRB's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

HRB PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio14.1x
Fair PE Ratio20.4x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: HRB is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (14.1x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.4x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst HRB forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$60.35
US$62.67
+3.8%
14.4%US$70.00US$50.00n/a3
Nov ’25US$59.57
US$60.67
+1.8%
19.5%US$70.00US$44.00n/a3
Oct ’25US$63.07
US$60.67
-3.8%
19.5%US$70.00US$44.00n/a3
Sep ’25US$63.31
US$60.67
-4.2%
19.5%US$70.00US$44.00n/a3
Aug ’25US$56.99
US$53.00
-7.0%
18.7%US$60.00US$39.00n/a3
Jul ’25US$54.73
US$53.00
-3.2%
18.7%US$60.00US$39.00n/a3
Jun ’25US$49.64
US$53.00
+6.8%
18.7%US$60.00US$39.00n/a3
May ’25US$47.70
US$49.67
+4.1%
16.6%US$56.00US$38.00n/a3
Apr ’25US$48.22
US$49.67
+3.0%
16.6%US$56.00US$38.00n/a3
Mar ’25US$48.14
US$49.67
+3.2%
16.6%US$56.00US$38.00n/a3
Feb ’25US$46.38
US$44.33
-4.4%
16.7%US$51.00US$34.00n/a3
Jan ’25US$48.37
US$44.33
-8.3%
16.7%US$51.00US$34.00n/a3
Dec ’24US$46.25
US$44.33
-4.1%
16.7%US$51.00US$34.00n/a3
Nov ’24US$41.74
US$39.33
-5.8%
13.3%US$44.00US$32.00US$59.573
Oct ’24US$43.06
US$39.33
-8.7%
13.3%US$44.00US$32.00US$63.073
Sep ’24US$40.07
US$39.33
-1.8%
13.3%US$44.00US$32.00US$63.313
Aug ’24US$33.74
US$36.67
+8.7%
16.9%US$42.00US$28.00US$56.993
Jul ’24US$31.87
US$36.67
+15.1%
16.9%US$42.00US$28.00US$54.733
Jun ’24US$29.94
US$36.67
+22.5%
16.9%US$42.00US$28.00US$49.643
May ’24US$34.08
US$43.00
+26.2%
25.1%US$53.00US$28.00US$47.703
Apr ’24US$35.25
US$43.00
+22.0%
25.1%US$53.00US$28.00US$48.223
Mar ’24US$36.54
US$43.00
+17.7%
25.1%US$53.00US$28.00US$48.143
Feb ’24US$39.46
US$42.00
+6.4%
29.0%US$53.00US$25.00US$46.383
Jan ’24US$36.51
US$42.00
+15.0%
29.0%US$53.00US$25.00US$48.373
Dec ’23US$43.45
US$42.00
-3.3%
29.0%US$53.00US$25.00US$46.253
Nov ’23US$41.38
US$41.20
-0.4%
32.3%US$53.00US$22.60US$41.743

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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